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ISBN 10: 1530908361ISBN 13: 9781530908363
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Published by 'At the Court at St. James's The 28th of May' Slug: 'Printed by G. Roberts Admiralty Office.', 1800
1p, folio. On recto of the first leaf of a bifolium of watermarked laid paper. In fair condition, lightly aged, with slight wear and spotting to the extremities. With '(L.S.)' at top right and at the foot the slug 'Printed by G. Roberts, Admiralty Office.' Headed: 'At the Court at St. James's, / The 28th of May, 1800. / PRESENT, / The King's Most Excellent Majesty / in Council.' Thirty-four lines of text, including a twenty-three line transcription of an Admiralty memorandum, in smaller type. Begins: 'WHEREAS there was this Day read at the Board, a Memorial from the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, dated the 27th of this Instant, in the Words following, viz. / "The Principal Officers and Commissioners of Your Majesty's Navy having represented to Us, that from the multiplicity of Business brought upon Captains of Your Majesty's Ships, in the execution of the Provisions of the several Acts of Parliament, relative to the modes of Payment by Allotments, and other new Regulations respecting Tickets, it has become so very extensive that they are of Opinion some proper mode should be adopted for affording them relief;' the suggested solution being tht 'Captains should in future be required to make out only Three compleat Pay Books, a compleat Slop Book, and three Alphabets, with an open List on Pay Paper, of all Men actually mustered on board at the time the Pay Books are made out'. The order continues and concludes: 'His Majesty having taken the said Memorial into Consideration, is pleased, with the Advice of His Privy Council, to approve of what is therein proposed, and to Order, as it is hereby Ordered, That the same be adopted and carried into Execution; And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, are to give the necessary directions therein accordingly. / W. FAWKENER.'.
Published by Admiralty London. 21 August, 1806
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The letter is 1p, 12mo, and is accompanied by the covering 8vo leaf, addressed to 'John Atkins Esqre | Duke Street | Westminster', with a second signature for franking. The covering leaf is endorsed: 'Admiralty August 21 1806 | Adml. Markham concerning Miles Burn that it would be impossible to get him reinstated'. Both letter and covering leaf in good condition, lightly aged and worn, with fold lines. Markham could hardly be more decisive. The letter reads: 'My Dr Sir | Your attempts I am sure will be in vain to get Mr Burn restored to his rank[.] The Evidence is very strong indeed as to his general [last word underlined] drunken habits, and the instances, render him for ever incapable [last three words underlined] of serving His Majesty his heirs or Successors'. At the foot of the page, apparently written at a later date: 'I wrote on a scrap of paper written on the other side which I did not see when I wrote this'.
Published by 'Navy Office 20th March', 1799
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See Gambier's entry in the Oxford DNB. He served during capture of Charleston during American Revolutionary War, at the Glorious First of June, and commanded at Battle of Copenhagen and Battle of the Basque Roads. He was First Naval Lord, three times: 1795-1801, 1804-6 and 1807-8. Henslow was Surveyor to the Navy, 1784-1806, and Hope was Deputy Comptroller of the Navy, 1795-1801. According to one source, HMS Achille was 'commissioned under Captain Sir Henry Stanhope [later Admiral Sir Henry Edwyn Stanhope (1754-1814)] in June 1798 while fitting out was ongoing [.] In April 1799, Captain Stanhope was replaced in command by Captain George Murray'. 1p, folio. On brittle and lightly-browned laid paper. The document is in fair condition, apart from at the head, which is worn and heavily chipped, with closed tears, repaired with archival tape. Addressed at head from 'Navy Office 20th March 1799.' Folded five times into package. Written in a secretary's hand and signed at bottom right 'C Hope. / J Hemslow / J: Gambier', and addressed at bottom left to 'Captain Stanhope / late of L'Achille'. The document (rather a stern letter for 'affectionate friends' to write) reads: 'The Officers of Portsmouth Yard having transmitted us an Account of the Articles in the Boatswain's Expence Book of His Majesty's Ship [added here: 'Achille late'] under your command, which were thought to be an extraordinary demand in so short a time after having said to have been recently completed. We herewith transmit you a reply of the same, and acquaint you it will be an objection to the passing your Accounts, unless you can give us satisfactory reasons for so extraordinary an expenditure. / We are, / Sir, / Your affectionate friends / C Hope. / J Henslow / J: Gambier'.